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Rudy Gay is taking crowd-sourcing to the NBA. The Memphis Grizzlies swingman has posted his request on the video sharing site You Tube, asking dunkers around the world to submit their best throw-down. Gay plans to emulate the best of those dunks at the contest. Kudos to Rudy for taking a fresh, creative approach to this year's contest.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Crowdsourcing Meets the NBA", url: "http://www.socialmediaworx.com/2008/crowdsourcing-meets-the-nba/" });

Wondering what 15+ people on Utterz sounds like at a social media geekery dinner with the one and only Jeff Pulver? Have a listen here.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Utterz and Jeff Pulver", url: "http://www.socialmediaworx.com/2008/utterz-and-jeff-pulver/" });

With Super Tuesday now in the books, NPR has a great piece on role viral marketing is playing in this year's election: "The conversations that would define political opinion that used to happen around a dining room table or around a water cooler or over the back fence are still happening, but they're happening on the Internet," Rasiej says. "And because of these tools — whether it be YouTube, ...

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| View | Upload your own This last week was a busy one at the Council. We hosted nearly 150 college presidents here in DC from all over the world to talk about the critical issues their campuses are facing. I had an opportunity to lead a panel discussion on using social media to recruit students and strengthen campus community. One of the distinctives of a private college is ...